Image via Wikipedia My last post had a quick look at what the Con/Lib Agreement said on Political Reform. Now look at what should be a what the Agreement says on the EU. As a Euroblogger I probably should have done this first! The UK will not join the Euro. No surprise there. They will try to limit the Working Time Directive in its application to the UK. The 1972 European Communities Act will be amended so that any...
Image via Wikipedia The Liberal Democrats have posted the agreement online. Here are some of things that jump out at me on Political Reform. We agree to establish a committee to bring forward proposals for a wholly or mainly elected upper chamber on the basis of proportional representation. The parties agree to the establishment of five year fixed-term parliaments The parties will bring forward a Referendum Bill on electoral reform, which includes provision for the introduction of the Alternative...
Image via Wikipedia Taken from the StephenSpillane.com Facebook page notes: Here is the cabinet as it is announced. The Liberal Democrats are expected to get 5 posts, 3 are confirmed (Clegg, Laws, Cable), but 2 others have been mentioned (Huhne (Climate and Energy) and Alexander (Scotland) . So far only one woman as been appointed. (13:20 update) The Full Cabinet as Announced: Prime Minister – David Cameron (Con) Deputy Prime Minister – Nick Clegg (LD) Chancellor of the Exchequer...
Image via Wikipedia One of the electoral systems that is currently used in the UK for European Parliament Elections, London Assembly, Welsh Assembly and Scottish Parliament elections is currently being ignored in the talk about a new electoral system for the UK. So I did a little experiment with the Election Calculus Simulator. I used the different nations of the UK as the basis of the constituencies. (For purpose of these I ignored the votes for others, all vote...
Image by oledoe via Flickr I know I haven’t blogged about the UK General Election since before it, that is because of two reasons. One is work and life in General and the other was I wanted to see how the coalition talks were going. So as you know, the end results of the General Election were as follows: Conservatives 306 (+97) Labour 258 (-91) Liberal Democrats 57 (-5) DUP 8 (-1) SNP 6 (NC) Sinn Fein 5 (NC)...
Image by fatedsnowfox via Flickr So tomorrow will see the polls opening for the UK General Election. I have been following the campaigns in my spare time but not really blogging about it. Mainly as I didn’t know where I stood. I do now. I am hoping for a Liberal Democrat surge tomorrow. But enough of who I want to do well, on to some predictions. Some of these are random, others are obvious. I will be up late...
Image via Wikipedia I haven’t yet blogged about the general election in the UK. For me this has been one of the most interesting ones to watch. The rise of Liberal Democrats is amazing to see, and the polls are all over the place. The only thing for certain is that Labour will not win the popular vote. That is where watching UK elections get boring. No matter haw much you play with swing calculators and polls the Lib...
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